At the Finish Line's Annual Meeting on July 21, 2005 the shareholders elected two Class I directors, Alan H. Cohen and Jeffrey H. Smulyan, to serve on the Board of Directors until the 2008 Annual Meeting. The shareholders also approved the selection
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